Reports
UN: Formal Complaint for Consideration and Action Re: Judge Baltasar Garzón
20/05/2010
UN: Formal Complaint for Consideration and Action Re: Judge Baltasar Garzón by LRWC … [Read more...]
Statement on Behalf of Judge Baltasar Garzón & Judicial Independence | Joint Written Statement to the 14th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
19/05/2010
Full PDF Version Official UN Version … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: On Behalf of Judge Baltasar Garzon and Judicial Independence
17/05/2010
UN Human Rights Council: On Behalf of Judge Baltasar Garzon and Judicial Independence by LRWC … [Read more...]
Burma/Myanmar: The absence of minimum conditions for elections
17/05/2010
Joint written statement submitted by LRWC and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) to the Human Rights Council's 14th session. Although many groups and scholars have pointed to specific problems associated with the electoral process, the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Lawyers Rights … [Read more...]
Philippines: Charges against Remigio Saladero Jr.
06/05/2010
Re: Charges against Remigio Saladero Jr. To: Ms. Josephine Carranza-Olivar, Provincial Prosecutor From: Gail Davidson, Constance Marlatt, Jessica Fletcher Date: 2010-05-06 LRWC has been closely monitoring the case of Mr. Remigio Saladero Jr., a lawyer in the Philippines. Since 2006 Mr. … [Read more...]
Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada condemns the ambush of human rights defenders in Oaxaca, Mexico
05/05/2010
Re: Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada condemns the ambush of human rights defenders in Oaxaca, Mexico To: Lic. Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa, et al. From: Cara Gibbons and Alyssa Brierely Date: 2010-05-05 Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) condemns the ambush of human rights defenders in … [Read more...]
Re: Election in Burma
30/04/2010
Re: Election in Burma To: Right Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada and others From: Gail Davidson and Paul Copeland Date: 2010-04-30 The G8 Meeting that Canada is hosting in June 2010 has been called, “...a tremendous opportunity to champion freedom of democracy, human rights … [Read more...]
RAUL HERNANDEZ – Mexican Indigenous Human Rights defender
29/04/2010
Raul Hernandez is a member of the Me'phaa Indigenous People's Organization (OPIM) which promotes the human right of the Me'phaa people in Guerrero State in Mexico. On April 17, 2008 he and four other OPIM members were arrested at a military checkpoint in Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero for the … [Read more...]
Wrongful detention of human rights defender Raúl Hernández
29/04/2010
Re: Wrongful detention of human rights defender Raúl Hernández To: Minister Fernando Francisco Gómez Mont Urueta & Attorney General Eduardo Murueta Urrutia From: Cara Gibbons Date: 2010-04-29 Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada marks with concern the two-year anniversary of the wrongful … [Read more...]
Pakistan: Country Monitoring Report from April 2009 to March 2010
01/04/2010
Pakistan: Country Monitoring Report from April 2009 to March 2010 by John Cotter … [Read more...]
